With the score 27-17 early in the fourth quarter, Middle Tennessee missed a scoring opportunity when the Mocs' Ed Jones stripped the ball from Middle Tennessee's LaBrian McGill on the Chattanooga 2-yard-line. The Mocs' Quasey Vinson picked up the ball and ran 61 yards.

Solecio Sanford returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown for Middle Tennessee in the third quarter that made the score 20-17.